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Revitalizing a Contaminated Site: The Ford Calumet Environmental Center

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The exterior is clad in a rain screen of weathered steel that recalls the site’s steel mill history, with an exposed mass timber interior. The Ford Calumet Environmental Center is the first time a wastewater wetland system has been permitted by the City of Chicago. © Tom Harris Photography This project won in the 10th Annual A+Awards!

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Metro Reports: Center for Native Arts and Cultures, Prose Apartments, Cathedral Park Cohousing, and more

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Next Portland covers the highlights of the Early Assistance applications, Land Use Reviews and Building Permits processed each week. The renovated building will be occupied by the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) for use as the organization’s headquarters, to be renamed the Center for Native Arts and Cultures (CNAC).

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MBM House, Montreal, Quebec

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When exterior charm conceals interior disorder Despite the great heritage value of the house’s exterior, the interiors had lost their coherence due to multiple transformations over time. In the basement, water was seeping through cracked foundation walls, and some wall coverings contained asbestos.

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30 Best Architecture Firms in Greece

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The foundation of Western architecture cannot be told without citing the architectural legacy of Greece. The practice deals with architectural studies of private and public works, landscaping of professional spaces, restorations of listed buildings, with hospitality, pharmacies, and retail stores.

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Craven Road Cottage, Toronto, Ontario

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The result is a 720 sf, delicately proportioned, light-filled home, built on its original foundations, while re-envisioning every other aspect of the worker’s cottage vernacular – a turn-of-the-century housing typology that has almost completely disappeared from the city.

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US Architecture News: American Buildings

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Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas Design: Populous photo : Morgan English Loddie Naymola Basketball Performance Center, Texas Global design firm Populous carried out the design of the LNBPC building’s interior and exterior, as well as the development of branding and graphics for the 54,000-sqf, two-story project.

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US Building News: American Architecture

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Todd Schliemann, a partner at New York–based Ennead, who completed the hall’s restoration in 2015, describes its interior as abstract and almost scaleless, like outer space. Building permits indicate the project will encompass 813,813 sqft and rise 460 feet in height.